Carrier.



PATENTED APR, 17

V. FILTEAU.

GARRER.

APPLICATION ULEB Nov. 27,1903.

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PATENTED APR. 17, 1906.

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V. FLTEAU.

CARR 13R.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 27. 190s.

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PATENT FFU.

THOMAS MCLEAY'GLRAHAM., OF MONTREAL, CANADA.

CHFHR..

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented April 17. 1 00B Application filed November 27, 1903. Seriallllc. 182,809.

T0 y1r/ZZ whom, it may 0012,06? 11,:

Be it known that I, Vieron FnxrnAU, of the city of lvlontreal, Provinceof Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCarriers; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a carrier for use inconnection with a newspaper-printing press and adapted to convey theprinted and folded newspapers from the press to the distributing-room orother place, and a further object is to cause the newspapers to beautomatically stacked.

The invention may be said, briefly, to consist of a traveling carrierand means for causing same to act in conjunction with and at a lessspeed than the delivery-drum of the press in order to canse the foldednewspapers to be lapped one over the other and with the forward end ofeach above the -rear end of that preceding it as they are delivered tothe carrier, while the latter is constructed and :irranged to have itsdelivery end travel in an opposite direction to the receiving end forthe purpose of delivering the folded newspapers'upona traveling deliverymember in reversed order-that is to say, with the forward end oieaehbeneath that preceding it. A rigid stop is located in the path of thcnewspapers upon the carrier at the point itis required that suchnewspapers be. stacked.' The carrier itself preferably consists of aseries of members communicating bue with another, each of said membersbeing independent of, but receiving the folded newspapers from themember following it in the order of delivery.

For full comprehension, ln wevei,'ol'my invention reference must behadto tlieacconipanying drawings, forming a mrt Iol' this specilimition, inwhich similar rclerence clmracters indicate the same parts, :ind where.-in

Figure l is a side'elevation ol' my improved carrier with aprinting-press indicated in dotted lviutline. lliv is an end elevationthereofi ifig. is an enlarged perspective View of the delivery end ol myimproved carrier.

member with the delivery member and illustrating particularly the meansfor causing the articles to be directedv onto the delivery member orallowinor them to fall into a receptacle beneath the latter. Fig. 6 is atransverse vertical sectionalview taken on line 6 6, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is aplan view of'one end of the intermediate or bridging member, and Fig. 8is a planview of the member which receives the article from the press.

My improved. carrier comprises a horizontal receiving member consistingof azframe b and supporting a series ot preferably hardwood bearin-rollers c, which have an endless apron loope thcroover, suchapron-consisting, preferably, of a series of belts d. One end ot thishorizontal member is located beneath the delivery-drum (indicated at e)of the-press in position to receive the. newspapers therefrom. Avertical member islo- ,cated near the opposite end of the horizontalmember and consists of a tubular frame g, resting at one end upon thelloor and connec ed extends parallel to and near the ceiling of thepress-room, from which it is supported by hanging brackets lr. A secondvertical member consists ci a Vertical tubular frame m, coupled, as atn, to the end of the horizontal trame of the bridging member andsecured, :is at o, to the floor of the mailing or distributing room, anda horizontal delivery member communicates with the lower portion of thelast-mentimied .fertical member and consists of a horizontal frame p,supportl ed at one cnd upon n shaft q, sup orted in turn by bearings r,secured to the ower end of such last-mentioned verticaliranie, While theopposite end of this horizontal deliveryframe issupported by legs s and'a rigid vertical stop L is secured at the last-mentioned end ol' thedelivery-frame. Each of .these frames has a series of alternatelyoppositelyarranged l)caririg-brackets u', secured there-- to and adaptedto support a series of preferably bard-wood bearing-rollers u.

lhc carrier members nach have a vpair olendless aprons looped around therollers 1,2, Si, d., 5, 6, 7,'nnd S and bearing u on the rollers upreferably, as shown. T ie apron of each pair ciinsists,preferably, ofone or more belts n. The pair of aprons of the first verby a coupling tothe horizontal tuhular trame L ot a bridging member, which IOO ticnlmember g receive between them the folded newspapers from the receivingmember b and convey them to the pair of aprons of the bridging member t,which in turn conveys such newspapers to the pair of aprons of thesecond vertical member fm, from which they are projected upon thedelivery member p. In order to allow of the papers being thus deliveredfrom one member to the other, a pair of bearing-rollers l and 3 arelocated adjacent to one another and with theA space between them in linewith the surlface of the receiving;r member l, and atransfversely-arranged pair of the bearing-rollers 2 and 4 are locatedat the junction of the first vertical member and the bridging member andare preferably supported by the latter, while a secondtransversely-arranged pair of lbrearing-rollers 5 and 6 are located atthe junction of the bridging member and the second vertical member.-'lhey are also preferably supported by the frame of the bridging member,and a pair of rollers 7 and 8 are supported by the lower portion of thesecond member in position to have theA space between them located ashort distanee above the surface of the delivery member pi The endlessaprons (each preferably e Sistina, as before mentioned, of a series orendless belts e) are arranged in a series oi' pairs, the irst pairbeingY looped around the rollers 1 and LZ and pressed against 3 and 4,the second pair being looped'around the rollers 2 and 5 and 4 and (i,and the third pair beiner looped around the. rollers 6 and 7 and and 8,while the delivery member has an apron consistingr ol' belts w, loopedover rollers av, mounted rotatably in frame p. 'l`he outer side of eachof t-hese aprons extends in" a direct line between the rollers l and 2and 3 and 4, and the other side of each extends alternately to oppositesides oll the intermediate rollers yu. This arrangement of the apronsinsures the adjacent sides thereof running in constant contact with oneanother, and a comnnmieation between the members is established. Thus,all the aprons are made to travel, causing the folded newspapersdelivered by the press upon the receiving member to be transmitted fromone member to the other until they are finally projected upon thedelivery member.

ln order to cause the folded nevspapers to be automatically stackedafter they have been delivered, l incline thle free end of the deliverymember and loeat'e a rigid stop at the end of .such inclined portion and-eause the complete carrier to travel at a suficiently low speedrelatively to the press to insure the delivery by the press of eachfolded newspaper before the one preceding it has been eompletelyremovedbythe receiving` member of my carrier, thus causing the said newspapersto overlap one another with the hindmost lying u on the rear end of itsleader. This stop (in icated at t) consists of a pair of ber by a pairof interineshingv gears standards bolted Aer otherwise secured theirends to a cross-piece l() at the end of the delivery-frame, suchcross-piece being set at' opposite direction to the receiving end,thereby delivering the folded :newspapers upon the delivery member inreversed order-that is to say, with the foremost end of each er as ittravels beneath the rear end ef 'that preceding it--thus enabling theapron. upon which it lies to be in frictional contact therewith asulicient length of time to cause it te be conveyed into contact. withthe stop.

I prefer to drive my improved carrier independently of the press by anysuitable motor,(indieated at 15,) and areduction-gear l5 operatedthereby, from which gear a driving-belt 15 is taken to a driving-pulley17, mounted upon, the shaft g of roller 7, the rotative movement thusimparted beine conveyed to the shaft g oi' the last vertical ine-1nandil), mounted rigidly upon the shafts e q, respectively, and theneetl'ircaighout the carrier by the aprons, while the rotative movement istransmitted from shaft g te the adjacent roller .r by a belt at, loopedov a pair of rol one upon. shalt qi and other iers r' upon the trunmonor said end roller sa.

l provide a device adapted to be moved v either to a positien to causethe newspapers or other articles being carried to he delivered upon thedelivery member or into a receptacle beneath the same.' This devicecensists I OO of a small platform lor-ated l'ietween roller 7 and the roler ad arent thereto for sinziporting the apron ol' the delivery member.Qlueh small platform, which is indieated at 20, is pivoted at one end,as at 2l, upon the shaft of roller 7, while is opposite end supported u)on a pair of lingers carried by a rotaiable spindle 23, having a handle24 for rotating the same, thus enabling the platform io be tilted downte its dotted position and the newspa wrs to be 'fed through the space'oet-ween tliis platform and the adjacent end of the delivery-a ren andfall inte any suitable receptacle (indicated at 35) er to be caused toguide the ne. fspapers orxother artirles onto the delivery member.i/ihen my carrier is operating with the last-n1entimed platform in itselevated position, the newspapers will be conveyed to the rigid stop,and as each newspaper arrives at the stop the one fellowing1 it will befed beneath it,and this continues until the newspapers are stacked 4 lnorder to provide means for autianatically varying the tension ef thecarrienl neunten angular lever 5() pivotally upon a bracket 5l securedto one of the uprights g el thev tirst vertical carrying member, andmount a bear- VIC ainiol" the said lever 'and mount a weight 58 upon.the other arm thereof, thereby causing the portions of the belts i;having the newspapers between them to' bear with' greater strength u sonthe newspapers as they are increased in t iickness, and consequentlyincrease in weight.

The advantage of-drii'ring the carrier independently is that itimay bedriven for a suffi cient time after the press is stopped to deliver intothe inail-room all the newspapers printed.

What i claim isas follows: 1. The combination with the` deliverydruin ofa power-driven newspaper-printing press, of a carrier adapted to carryfolded newspapers, such carrier comprising a receiving member with endportion extended beneath said deliveryidruni to'receive the newspapersin overlapping order with the last delivered uppermost and traveling inone direction, an elevating member traveling in another direction, and a'further member traveling in a direction different to the directions oftravel of the iirst two members lso that the newspapers shall bedelivered in reverse overlap ing order, and a stop located in the path othe newspapers causingv them to be automatically stacked.

2. The combination with the deliver drum of a power-drivennewspaper-.printing press, or a carrier adapted to carry folded f-ewspiipers such carrier comprising a receiving member With end portionextended beneath said delivery-drum to receive the newspapers inoverlapping order with the last deivered uppermost, and travelingiii onedirecticn, an elevating member traveling in another direction and adelivery member traveling in a direction opposite to the direction oitravel of the receiving member so that the newspapers s iall bedelivered in reverse overlapping rder, and a stop located at theextremity of the delivery against which' the newspapers are carried forcausing them' to be automatically stacked.

3. The combination with the delivery mechanism oi a printing-press oi atraveling` carrier having oneA end communicating with and receiving theprinted articles from the said delivery mechanism in overlapping order.vitli the last delivered uppermost and the other end of such carriertraveling in the 0pposite. direction tothe firstmientioned end thereoiqfor the urpose of reversing the order.

ol' articles in t ieir travel upon the carrier,

'means adapted to be acted upon by the articles for the purpose oi"causing the said articlesto be automatically stacked, and means forcausing the carrier to travel independently of the press 4. Theeoml'iination with the delivery mechanism of a printingpress of acarrier comprising a pair ot' longitudinals secured rigidly at theirlower ends adjacent to the delivery endy of the press and'extending. up-

wardly, a series of rollers extending between and carried by such lonitudinals, a bridging member having one en adjacent to tlieupper end ofthe Vpair of longitudinals, a series of rollers'carried thereby, andasccond pair of longitudinale secured rigidly at their lower endsadjacent to the point of delivery andv having their up er ends locatedadjacent to the opposite en of the bridging member, a series of rollersextending between and carried by the last-mentioned loniritudinals, therollers at the opposite ends 0 -thc bridging member constituting the uper end rollers of the first and last mentione series of rollers, a

pair of coacting endless aprons looped over the rollers of thefirst-mentioned series andA over the rollers common to such series andto the series in the bridging member, a second pair of endless apronslooped over the rollers .in the bridging member and over the rollerscommon to the first and last mentioned reries, and a third pair ofendless aprons looped over the rollers of the last-mentioned series andover the rollers common to such series and to the series of the bridgingmember, for

the purpose of causin the said pairs of aprons' to deliver the other.

5. The combination with the ldeliveryy mechanism of a printing-press, ofa carrier consisting ofa receiving member receiving the printed articlesfrom the press in overlapping order the last received lying upper-ymost, a delivery member, and an intermediate member between suchreceiving and deprinte article from one to anvSs IOC

livery members; the receiving member con` veying the printed articles,in the 'same orderv as received from the delivery mechanism of thepress, to the intermediate member, the

' intermediate member conveying such articles from the receiving memberto the delivery member in overlapping order the reverse of that in whichthey were received from the receiving member, and the delivery memberconveying sucli'articles in their reversed order to the point ofdelivery, and a rigid stop located in the path of the articles beingconi veye'd by such delivery member, to arrest such articles while theyare still supported by the delivery member, for the purpose set forth.

apart and supported at the point of juncture 6. The combination with thedelivery of the second and third members, a fourth i a second pairofendless aprons looped over the rollers of the second and third mentionedpairs, and a third pair of endless aprons looped over the rollers of thethird and fourth mentioned pairs, a delivery member consist,- ing of aseries of rollers having an endless apron looped thereover andpresenting. a horizontal surface adapted to receive articles droppedthereon, and means located in the path of the printed articles carriedby and moving With the said apron of the said dedelivery member suchmeans beingadapted to have the articles come in contact therewith" andbe stopped thereby Whilethey are stilljipon the carrier, substantiallyas described and vfor the purpose set forth.

7. The combination With the delivery mechanism of a printing-press, ofacarrier adapted to receive from the press the articles printed thereby,such carrier consisting of a series of members communicating one withthe other such series comprising e, receiving member located inpositionto receive the printed articles as they are delivered by thepress, a delivery member, and a series of intermediate members arrangedin different are gular positions, a `pair of rollers located at thepoint of juncture of the receiving member and the first intermediatemember, such pair of rollers being arranged a short distance apart,agseoond pair of rollers arranged a short distance apart and supportedat the point of juncture of the intermediate member last mentioned withthe intermediate member adjoining the same, a third pair'of rollersarranged a short distance apart and supported at the point of junctureofthe last-mentioned intermediate member with the delivery member, a pairof bearing-rollers mounted in the receiving member one near each endthereof, a pair of, bearing-rollers supported in the delivery member andlocated one near each end thereof, a'pair of endless aprons looped overairports the rollers of the rst and second pair with one side of each inbearinv' relation vv/'ith one another, a second pair of endless apronslooped over the rollers of the second and third mentioned pairs, and athird pair of endless aprons looped over the rollers of the third andfourth mentioned pair, an endless apron looped Aover the rollers of thereceiving member and presenting a horizontal surf-aoc adapted to receivearticles dropped thereon, an endless apron looped over t e rollers ofthe delivery member and presenting a horizontal surface adapted toreceive articles dropped thereon, and stationary means located in thepath of the printed 'articles carried by and moving with the apron ofthe said delivery member in position to have the articles come incontac'ttherewith and be stopped thereby While they are still upon thecarrier, snbstanH tially as described and for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination with the deliverydrum cfa rinting-press, of a carrieradapted to carry folded newspapers, such carrier com-w prising atraveling receiving member, with end portion extended beneath said deidrum, a second traveling member ade o. carry said newspapers from saidreceiving member, and a traveling delivery meirler said second travelingmember and said deM livery member being disposed a short die tance apartand said second. traveling inember having an operating-shaft, a movableplatform 2,0 located across the space between said second and deliverymembers and iv oted to said operating-shaft and adeptes, to, times,guide the newspapers being carried and canse the saine to be transmittedfrom the second member to the delivery member', and means for displacingsuoli movrble platform to, at other times, allowv the new papers beingcarried to fall through. such spe-c, for the purpose set forth.

ln testimony whereof l have affixed my signature in presence of tvvoWitnesses.

- VlCTR FlliThlAU.

With esses w iLLrAM P. ll/loli'nirr, `llano J. Sirens.

